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           By Richard Beeston
           THE WASHINGTON TIMES
                Thlks between Secretary of State
           George Shultz and Philippines For-
           eign Minister Raul Manglapus failed
           yesterday to break a negotiating im-
           passe over extension of leases on key
           U.S. military bases.
                After a meeting at the State De-
           partment, Mr. Manglapus said the
           two sides were no closer and com-
           plained of historical injustices over
           rents for the bases. The negotiations
           deadlocked in July when Mr. Shultz
           visited the Philippines and quar.
           reled over Philippine demands for a
           huge increase in cohipensation for
           continuegs.s. use
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           'Phifflippine negotiat6Fs_,'citing the
           large aid sums paid by the United
           States to Israel and Egypt, have de-
           manded an annual increase from the
                rent $180 million to $1.2 billion.
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                The UnitedSta-t-es-lias -ralse-d i& offer
           to nearly $500 million in rent and
           other aid.
                Mr. Manglapus said yesterday
           that his government had modified its
           demands and the two sides were not
           very far apart. They were now look-
           ing for "creative ways" of reaching
           the level thought to be desirable but
           had not been able to agree, he said.
                Asked if the Philippines were not
           behaving ungratefully after the sup-
           port the United States has given the
           government of Corazon Aquino, Mr
           Mangalapus replied "since 1986 the
           Philippines have been looking at
           things through clear, historical
           glasses. "
                "Filipinos have begun to realize
           we have not been getting what we
           ought to have been getting," he said.
           "Your bases have been there since
           the turn of'the century They have
           been there without any accompany-
           ing compensation up to the late
           1970s, in contrast to your bases in
           other countries who were immedi-
           ately, upon inception, given compen-
           sation. So the question of gratitude,
           I suppose, depends on the glasses
                "There is no external threat to the
           Philippines today and no direct rela-
           tionship between the bases and the
           anti-insurgency effort in the Philip-
           pines;'he said.
                "There is a relationship only in
           that in the accompanying compensa-
           tion enables us to acquire the weap-
           onry with which to fight the insur-
           gency. But let me point out that even

           more weaponry and more aid is be-
           ing given to some countries that host
           no American bases:'
                Mr. Manglapus said what he had
           been discussing was the review of
           the terms of the present bases: "The
           future of the bases after 1991 is not
           under discussion. Our policy regard-
           ing that is that we are holding our
           options open until the time comes to
           make a decision."
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